Defendant
1 case as defendant.
I'll verify what this entity actually is before writing.
One more check on the plaintiff side for context.
This is not a company. "The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified in Schedule A" is a procedural placeholder caption, not a legal entity with a headquarters, founding date, ownership, employees, or revenue. It is the standard way plaintiffs designate unnamed defendants in "Schedule A" (SAD) cases — mass-defendant IP suits against anonymous online storefronts, filed with the defendant list sealed until a temporary restraining order issues (Illinois Lawyer Now). There is nothing to verify about products, size, or parentage because no such organization exists.
What the tracked case actually is. The single appearance is Smart Lock, LLC v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified in Schedule A, No. 1:21-cv-05281 (N.D. Ill., filed Oct. 5, 2021), pleaded as a patent case under 35 U.S.C. § 271 before Judge Gary Feinerman (Justia Dockets). The real defendants are e-commerce merchants identified only by aliases on a sealed Schedule A exhibit.
Litigation posture. The "defendant" count in this database reflects the caption sitting on the defense side of a mass-joinder case; it does not describe an operating company under attack or an NPE asserting a portfolio. The venue is consistent with the SAD model: roughly 4,200 such cases were filed in the Northern District of Illinois between 2013 and early 2025, and roughly 80% of SAD suits nationally are filed there — not the Eastern District of Texas (Schwimmer Legal).
Notable context. The plaintiff, Smart Lock, LLC (Tyler, Texas), holds U.S. Patent No. 7,012,503 on electronic key management and has asserted it against lock manufacturers including Kwikset/Spectrum Brands, August Home, Master Lock/Fortune Brands, and Schlage. In the tracked case the court granted Smart Lock an ex parte asset-restraining TRO on Nov. 8, 2021; the plaintiff then voluntarily dismissed all defendants with prejudice on Nov. 15, 2021. A related Smart Lock Schedule A case (1:21-cv-06261) followed in November 2021 and was likewise dismissed with prejudice in January 2022.
Smart Lock, LLC filed a Schedule A case in the Northern District of Illinois, docket 1:21-cv-05281, involving US 7,012,503. Defendant identities and disposition were not confirmed in the narrative; a design-patent discrepancy was noted for the N.D. Ill. Schedule A cases.